Weekly message No. 82 (19th September 1985).
Second step: Witnessing for Our Lady’s messages by living them
Friday 20th September 1985

“Dear children! Today I invite you to live in humility all the messages which I am giving you. Do not become arrogant living the messages and saying 'I am living the messages'. If you shall bear and live the messages in your heart, everyone will feel it so that words, which serve those who do not obey, will not be necessary. For you, dear children, it is necessary to live and witness by your lives. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
PRACTICAL:
This week try to share with someone your experiences in following Our Lady’s messages.

Thursday: Honesty.

Matthew 5:33-37.
33Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Thursday: Cf. James 5:12.
12But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no, that you may not fall under condemnation.

Friday: We shall enter the kingdom of God by fulfilling his holy will.

Matthew 7:21-27.
21“Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’ 24Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; 25and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; 27and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.”

Saturday: We are building on rock if we are acting on the words of Christ.

Luke 6:46-49.
46“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? 47Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48he is like a man building a house, who dug deep, and laid the foundation upon rock; and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Sunday: We are saving our souls by doing the Word of God and not just by listening to it.

James 1:22-25.
22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who observes his natural face in a mirror; 24for he observes himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer that forgets but a doer that acts, he shall be blessed in his doing.

Monday: Those are close to Jesus who lives the Word of God.

Luke 8:21.
21But he said to them, “My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

Monday: Cf. Luke 11:27-28.
27As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!” 28But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Tuesday: Those who are of God will listen to his words.

John 8:46-47.
46Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.

Tuesday: Cf. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 6:35.
35Be ready to listen to every narrative, and do not let wise proverbs escape you.

Wednesday: The parable of the sower. God’s words falling on fertile ground.

Matthew 13:4-9.
4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 6but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. 7Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9He who has ears, let him hear.”

Wednesday: Matthew 13:23.
23As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
(Saint Ignatius of Loyola)

Soul of Christ, make us holy.

Body of Christ, be our salvation.

Blood of Christ, invigorate us.

Water flowing from the side of Christ, wash us clean.

Passion of Christ, give us strength.

O kindest Jesus, hear our prayer.

Hide us within your wounds and never let us be parted from you.

Defend us against the evil enemy.

Call us at the hour of our death, and summon us into your presence, to the fellowship of your saints, that we may sing your praises with them through all eternity.